This week in 1979 the world ’s first Islamic Revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. The intertwining of religion and state has been tough for some Iranians, but they are increasingly using culture as a means to protest against the regime.
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This week in 1979, the first Islamic revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. it began with the demand for democracy but ended with the world's first Islamic Republic.
Through 1987 and 1979, the Iranian people took to the streets in mass protests against the country's growing inequality and what they saw as the tyrannical regime of the Shah.
The protestors found a figurehead in an Islamic religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini who was in exile in Paris. Promising free and fair elections if the Shah was overthrown. He rallied religious leaders in the country to support the mass protest from the pulpit.
In January 1979, the Shah fled the country. Within two months, a new Islamic Republic of Iran had been declared with Ayatollah Khomeini as its supreme leader. he ruled with an iron fist.
At the time, the Economist reported: "Arbitrary arrests and telephone tapping are back and so is torture, though not as skillfully done as under Savak, the Shah's security service".
37 years on, life in Iran remains highly oppressive. The regime's boundaries have relaxed over time. There are now pop concerts in Tehran but tight restrictions remain in place. Shahin Najafi is an Iranian musician who uses his music to speak out against the regime. He is in police protection in Germany. After writing one song which included lyrics about a Shia cleric, Shahin was sentenced to death by a senior ayatollah from the regime. He has a $100,000 bounty on his head.
Breaking religious taboos through cultural expression has been on rise in recent years as the children of the revolution become restless with the regime. But they must tread carefully as speaking out against the country's leaders can have severe consequences.
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Thirty years ago a rapid and dramatic upheaval transformed Iran from a monarchy to a religious state. Three decades later, those who took part in the Iranian revolution still believe it was the right thing to do.

published:10 Feb 2009

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Thirty years after the founding of the Islamic republic, the ideals that inspired the uprising continue to inform every day life in modern Iran.
So how has the revolution managed to sustain itself through war, international isolation, economic sanctions, and regional turbulence?
And how has Iranian society changed since the seismic upheaval of 1979?
Rageh Omaar went to Iran to find out.
This film was first broadcast in August 2009.
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NaturalSound
Taliban tanks and heavy artillery have pounded a northern valley Saturday where Afghanistan government soldiers fled after they were driven from the capital one week ago.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters clambered up the mountains of Panjshir carrying Kalashnikov rifles.
In Kabul the rebels are continuing to impose their strict new Islamic regime, a week after taking power in the Afghan capital.
Men are being forced to go to mosques daily to pray, while women have been banned from the workplace and made to cover themselves from head to toe.
Taliban fighters brandishing Kalashnikov rifles continue to haul men off the streets of Kabul and force them into mosques to pray.
Inside, fiery sermons warn of harsh penalties for ignoring the strict Islamic rule.
One senior Taliban leader brushed aside Western criticism of the new regime, vowing to capture all of Afghanistan and rule with an iron hand.
On Saturday, rebel tanks and heavy artillery pounded the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan where government soldiers took refuge after being driven from the capital Kabul a week ago.
The Taliban, a movement that sprang from religious schools in Pakistan, already controls more than two-thirds of Afghanistan.
Thousands of Kabul residents, mainly officials of the former regime or their families, have fled the city.
On Thursday, Amnesty International warned that the Taliban are "implementing a reign of terror."
Women are forced to cover themselves from head to foot and seldom venture outside.
Men must grow beards and attend the mosque daily or be punished.
Although ousted PresidentBurhanuddin Rabbani's government was religiously fundamentalist, the Taliban are even more so.
The new Islamic rulers have banned women from the workplace, closed girls' schools, and plan to revamp the education system, which they say is too closely linked to Communism.
The Red Cross is negotiating with the Taliban to let women go back to work.
But at the moment the new rulers are busy making their presence felt in the Afghan capital.
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Eng/Farsi/Nat
In his first three months in power, Iran's new President, Muhammad Khatami, has taken the first tentative steps towards moderating Iran's hard-line Islamic regime.
But the new mood of political openness has led to a violent backlash by hardliners who saw their power base eroded by the Presidential elections.
In the last few weeks, the clashes have culminated in angry demonstrations and a violent attack on a student leader.
A-P-T-V has exclusive pictures of the student leader's office in Tehran, just hours after it was ransacked by a fundamentalist gang allied to hardliners.
Familiar images and familiar slogans in Iran.
But this time the call for death is being directed not towards the United States -- but closer to home.
Three months after the inauguration of its new President, a relative moderate in Iran, the country is being driven by a debate that goes right to the heart of its Islamic Revolution.
At issue is the status of the country's supreme leader -- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The first rhetorical shots were fired on the campus of Tehran university last month when a high-profile student leader, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, argued the country's constitution called for the supreme leader to act within the law.
His comment led to angry demonstrations in the Holy city of Qom.
Thousands more took to the streets when Khamenei's authority was further challenged by a senior cleric, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
Several weeks after Tabazardi's remarks, the offices of his banned newspaper were ransacked by a gang of Islamic fundamentalists wielding cable wires.
These V-H-S pictures -- obtained exclusively by A-P-T-V -- show his office just hours after the attack.
Tabazardi says he was hit over the head with an iron knuckle-duster.
UPSOUND: (Farsi)
"They started to hit me and then they got the safe. When they tore the place down, I said to myself 'Oh my God, if we have given so much effort for the Revolution and for the war to end for results like this then damnation be upon us'."
SUPERCAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Tabazardi blames AnsarHezbollah for the attack, a fundamentalist group he claims is allied to hardliners within the government.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"They feel they are being protected by the centres of power. The majority are illiterate or have little education. They are under educated and have no head for political discussion. Their methods are those of beating and destruction."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
He was unwilling, however, to name names.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"Right now, I don't think it's appropriate to explain more."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Political dissidents within Iran claim groups, like Ansar Hezbollah, act as henchmen for the country's hardliners.
And that their tactics have become more violent since their power base was eroded by Khatami's landslide victory.
Khatami -- who won almost 70 percent of the votes -- came to power on a platform that stressed the rule of law within Iran -- over all its institutions.
So far, however, he has managed to stay out of the fray.
But Khatami has a hard balancing act ahead of him.
The ideological clash has gathered momentum partly because of the new mood of openness he is slowly ushering in.
It is a balancing act that Ibrahim Yazdi, one of the most high-profile figures of the Revolution but now part of the unofficial opposition, hopes he can maintain.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Ibrahim Yazdi, head of the Freedom Movement of Iran
He also has an ally in the country's youth.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
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published:23 Jul 2015

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In the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is a thriving Jewish community. It has its synagogues, schools, a hospital, associations and even a member of parliament. Mostly accepted, Iran's 10 000 Jews are protected by the Iranian regime, a concrete example of tolerance in the country. Some of them are so patriotic they say they would defend Iran if they were attacked by Israel.
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Bread and Roses

"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated from a speech given by Rose Schneiderman; a line in that speech ("The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too.") inspired the title of the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim. The poem was first published in The American Magazine in December 1911, with the attribution line "'Bread for all, and Roses, too'—a slogan of the women in the West." The poem has been translated into other languages and has been set to music by at least three composers.

The slogan pairing bread and roses, appealing for both fair wages and dignified conditions, found resonance as transcending "the sometimes tedious struggles for marginal economic advances" in the "light of labor struggles as based on striving for dignity and respect", as Robert J. S. Ross wrote in 2013.

Bread and Roses (band)

Bread and Roses was an all-acoustic rock band from Boston, Massachusetts known for their intimate, unamplified DIY-venue performances and crowd singalongs. Their style included influences from early country, bluegrass, Irish traditional, and old-timey genres, as well as punk rock. Interspersed with their own original songs were renditions of union ballads, traditional labor songs, and covers of American folk music and country classics. Their lyrics included potent messages of anti-World War I politics and union worker rights, as well as tales of sailors, whalers and the seafaring life of pirates.

History

Bread and Roses started as an offshoot of the lead singer Morgan Coe's previous band, The High-Steppin' Nickel Kids. Its earliest formation was a 3-piece (electric guitar, electric bass, drums) showing a heavy Gang of Four influence, with elements of ska and slow-punk. When the bass player and drummer dropped out, Coe went for a simple, acoustic sound (see: early Against Me!) He traded his guitar for an upright bass, and added a bluegrass ensemble. From 2007 onward, the Bread and Roses lineup consisted of Morgan on double bass and lead vocals, Adam Haut on fiddle and vocals, Nate on mandolin, Steve Fornier on guitar, dobro, harmonica, and vocals, Dan Pond on acoustic guitar and tin whistle, Whitney on banjo and acoustic guitar and Dan Wilder on drums.

The Economist

The Economist is an English language weekly newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited in offices based in London. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843. For historical reasons, The Economist refers to itself as a newspaper, but each print edition appears on small glossy paper like a news magazine. In 2006, its average weekly circulation was reported to be 1.5 million, about half of which were sold in the United States.

The publication belongs to The Economist Group. It is 50% owned by private investors and 50% by Exor, the Agnelli holding company, and the Rothschild banking family of England. Exor and the Rothschilds are represented on the Board of Directors. A board of trustees formally appoints the editor, who cannot be removed without its permission. Although The Economist has a global emphasis and scope, about two-thirds of the 75 staff journalists are based in the City of Westminster, London. As of March 2014, the Economist Group declared operating profit of £59m. Previous major shareholders include Pearson PLC.

"The Economist" was watched by 14 million American viewers and received positive reactions from critics.

Plot

Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) and Miles Straume (Ken Leung) argue about what to do about leader of the Others, Ben Linus (Michael Emerson), and Miles's colleague Charlotte, both sought after by Miles and his colleagues and taken prisoner by Locke. Sayid pays his respects to Naomi Dorrit, and takes her bracelet. He then offers to retrieve Charlotte without bloodshed, in return gaining a helicopter flight to the freighter anchored offshore. He takes along Miles and Kate. Sayid asks Jack not to come with them as he might be unpredictable around Locke.

How Iranians use music to protest against the regime | The Economist

This week in 1979 the world ’s first Islamic Revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. The intertwining of religion and state has been tough for some Iranians, but they are increasingly using culture as a means to protest against the regime.
Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.trib.al/rWl91R7
This week in 1979, the first Islamic revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. it began with the demand for democracy but ended with the world's first Islamic Republic.
Through 1987 and 1979, the Iranian people took to the streets in mass protests against the country's growing inequality and what they saw as the tyrannical regime of the Shah.
The protestors found a figurehead in an Islamic religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini who was in exile in Paris. Promising free and fair elections if the Shah was overthrown. He rallied religious leaders in the country to support the mass protest from the pulpit.
In January 1979, the Shah fled the country. Within two months, a new Islamic Republic of Iran had been declared with Ayatollah Khomeini as its supreme leader. he ruled with an iron fist.
At the time, the Economist reported: "Arbitrary arrests and telephone tapping are back and so is torture, though not as skillfully done as under Savak, the Shah's security service".
37 years on, life in Iran remains highly oppressive. The regime's boundaries have relaxed over time. There are now pop concerts in Tehran but tight restrictions remain in place. Shahin Najafi is an Iranian musician who uses his music to speak out against the regime. He is in police protection in Germany. After writing one song which included lyrics about a Shia cleric, Shahin was sentenced to death by a senior ayatollah from the regime. He has a $100,000 bounty on his head.
Breaking religious taboos through cultural expression has been on rise in recent years as the children of the revolution become restless with the regime. But they must tread carefully as speaking out against the country's leaders can have severe consequences.
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Iran: 30 years of Islamic Republic

Thirty years ago a rapid and dramatic upheaval transformed Iran from a monarchy to a religious state. Three decades later, those who took part in the Iranian revolution still believe it was the right thing to do.

45:04

Iran 1979: Legacy of a Revolution | Featured Documentary

Iran 1979: Legacy of a Revolution | Featured Documentary

Iran 1979: Legacy of a Revolution | Featured Documentary

Thirty years after the founding of the Islamic republic, the ideals that inspired the uprising continue to inform every day life in modern Iran.
So how has the revolution managed to sustain itself through war, international isolation, economic sanctions, and regional turbulence?
And how has Iranian society changed since the seismic upheaval of 1979?
Rageh Omaar went to Iran to find out.
This film was first broadcast in August 2009.
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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FORCES CONTINUE TO ENFORCE STRICT ISLAMIC REGIME

NaturalSound
Taliban tanks and heavy artillery have pounded a northern valley Saturday where Afghanistan government soldiers fled after they were driven from the capital one week ago.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters clambered up the mountains of Panjshir carrying Kalashnikov rifles.
In Kabul the rebels are continuing to impose their strict new Islamic regime, a week after taking power in the Afghan capital.
Men are being forced to go to mosques daily to pray, while women have been banned from the workplace and made to cover themselves from head to toe.
Taliban fighters brandishing Kalashnikov rifles continue to haul men off the streets of Kabul and force them into mosques to pray.
Inside, fiery sermons warn of harsh penalties for ignoring the strict Islamic rule.
One senior Taliban leader brushed aside Western criticism of the new regime, vowing to capture all of Afghanistan and rule with an iron hand.
On Saturday, rebel tanks and heavy artillery pounded the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan where government soldiers took refuge after being driven from the capital Kabul a week ago.
The Taliban, a movement that sprang from religious schools in Pakistan, already controls more than two-thirds of Afghanistan.
Thousands of Kabul residents, mainly officials of the former regime or their families, have fled the city.
On Thursday, Amnesty International warned that the Taliban are "implementing a reign of terror."
Women are forced to cover themselves from head to foot and seldom venture outside.
Men must grow beards and attend the mosque daily or be punished.
Although ousted PresidentBurhanuddin Rabbani's government was religiously fundamentalist, the Taliban are even more so.
The new Islamic rulers have banned women from the workplace, closed girls' schools, and plan to revamp the education system, which they say is too closely linked to Communism.
The Red Cross is negotiating with the Taliban to let women go back to work.
But at the moment the new rulers are busy making their presence felt in the Afghan capital.
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Boeing to Make Billions from New Deal with Iran's Islamic Regime

IRAN: FIRST STEPS TAKEN IN MODERATING HARD LINE ISLAMIC REGIME

Eng/Farsi/Nat
In his first three months in power, Iran's new President, Muhammad Khatami, has taken the first tentative steps towards moderating Iran's hard-line Islamic regime.
But the new mood of political openness has led to a violent backlash by hardliners who saw their power base eroded by the Presidential elections.
In the last few weeks, the clashes have culminated in angry demonstrations and a violent attack on a student leader.
A-P-T-V has exclusive pictures of the student leader's office in Tehran, just hours after it was ransacked by a fundamentalist gang allied to hardliners.
Familiar images and familiar slogans in Iran.
But this time the call for death is being directed not towards the United States -- but closer to home.
Three months after the inauguration of its new President, a relative moderate in Iran, the country is being driven by a debate that goes right to the heart of its Islamic Revolution.
At issue is the status of the country's supreme leader -- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The first rhetorical shots were fired on the campus of Tehran university last month when a high-profile student leader, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, argued the country's constitution called for the supreme leader to act within the law.
His comment led to angry demonstrations in the Holy city of Qom.
Thousands more took to the streets when Khamenei's authority was further challenged by a senior cleric, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
Several weeks after Tabazardi's remarks, the offices of his banned newspaper were ransacked by a gang of Islamic fundamentalists wielding cable wires.
These V-H-S pictures -- obtained exclusively by A-P-T-V -- show his office just hours after the attack.
Tabazardi says he was hit over the head with an iron knuckle-duster.
UPSOUND: (Farsi)
"They started to hit me and then they got the safe. When they tore the place down, I said to myself 'Oh my God, if we have given so much effort for the Revolution and for the war to end for results like this then damnation be upon us'."
SUPERCAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Tabazardi blames AnsarHezbollah for the attack, a fundamentalist group he claims is allied to hardliners within the government.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"They feel they are being protected by the centres of power. The majority are illiterate or have little education. They are under educated and have no head for political discussion. Their methods are those of beating and destruction."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
He was unwilling, however, to name names.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"Right now, I don't think it's appropriate to explain more."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Political dissidents within Iran claim groups, like Ansar Hezbollah, act as henchmen for the country's hardliners.
And that their tactics have become more violent since their power base was eroded by Khatami's landslide victory.
Khatami -- who won almost 70 percent of the votes -- came to power on a platform that stressed the rule of law within Iran -- over all its institutions.
So far, however, he has managed to stay out of the fray.
But Khatami has a hard balancing act ahead of him.
The ideological clash has gathered momentum partly because of the new mood of openness he is slowly ushering in.
It is a balancing act that Ibrahim Yazdi, one of the most high-profile figures of the Revolution but now part of the unofficial opposition, hopes he can maintain.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Ibrahim Yazdi, head of the Freedom Movement of Iran
He also has an ally in the country's youth.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
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Being Jewish in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Being Jewish in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Being Jewish in the Islamic Republic of Iran

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is a thriving Jewish community. It has its synagogues, schools, a hospital, associations and even a member of parliament. Mostly accepted, Iran's 10 000 Jews are protected by the Iranian regime, a concrete example of tolerance in the country. Some of them are so patriotic they say they would defend Iran if they were attacked by Israel.
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The Islamic regime in Iran is result of crime against humanity, Bread and Roses

The Islamic regime in Iran is result of crime against humanity, Bread and Roses

The Islamic regime in Iran is result of crime against humanity, Bread and Roses

The Islamic regime in Iran is result of crime against humanity
Bread and Roses TV with Maryam Namazie and Fariborz Pooya on the June 20, 1981 anniversary of the slaughter of political prisoners.
16 June 2015Interview with rights activist Yasaman Bayani.
Background: From 20 June 1981 the Islamic regime of Iran attacked and executed hundreds of people a day; they closed down newspapers and crushed the opposition. This was the point of the Islamic Republic's establishment not 1979 Iranian revolution... Many do not remember it but it is an important moment in the formation of the Islamic Republic. We must remind today's generation that the Islamic Republic is the result of a massive crime against humanity during the 1980s. This must be remembered, recorded, stated, exposed and not forgotten, especially since many of those who organised the murders and killings still run the country.
We show the trailer of a film called "The ones who said No" by Nima SarvestaniShocking news of the week is the curfew for women in Aceh Province, Indonesia after 11pm.
Insane fatwa of the week is against going to Mars.
Good new of the week is: Syrian women pulling off their burqas to show they are free from ISISQuestion of the week: From Mehdi asking us to respect people's beliefs
Director: Reza Moradi
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How Iranians use music to protest against the regime | The Economist

This week in 1979 the world ’s first Islamic Revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. The intertwining of religion and state has been tough for some Iranians, but they are increasingly using culture as a means to protest against the regime.
Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.trib.al/rWl91R7
This week in 1979, the first Islamic revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. it began with the demand for democracy but ended with the world's first Islamic Republic.
Through 1987 and 1979, the Iranian people took to the streets in mass protests against the country's growing inequality and what they saw as the tyrannical regime of the Shah.
The protestors found a figurehead in an Islamic religious leader, Ayatolla...

Iran: 30 years of Islamic Republic

Thirty years ago a rapid and dramatic upheaval transformed Iran from a monarchy to a religious state. Three decades later, those who took part in the Iranian revolution still believe it was the right thing to do.

published: 10 Feb 2009

Iran 1979: Legacy of a Revolution | Featured Documentary

Thirty years after the founding of the Islamic republic, the ideals that inspired the uprising continue to inform every day life in modern Iran.
So how has the revolution managed to sustain itself through war, international isolation, economic sanctions, and regional turbulence?
And how has Iranian society changed since the seismic upheaval of 1979?
Rageh Omaar went to Iran to find out.
This film was first broadcast in August 2009.
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'Death to Khamenei!' More Protesters Killed as Iranians Rage Against Islamic Regime

AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FORCES CONTINUE TO ENFORCE STRICT ISLAMIC REGIME

NaturalSound
Taliban tanks and heavy artillery have pounded a northern valley Saturday where Afghanistan government soldiers fled after they were driven from the capital one week ago.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters clambered up the mountains of Panjshir carrying Kalashnikov rifles.
In Kabul the rebels are continuing to impose their strict new Islamic regime, a week after taking power in the Afghan capital.
Men are being forced to go to mosques daily to pray, while women have been banned from the workplace and made to cover themselves from head to toe.
Taliban fighters brandishing Kalashnikov rifles continue to haul men off the streets of Kabul and force them into mosques to pray.
Inside, fiery sermons warn of harsh penalties for ignoring the strict Islamic rule.
One se...

Boeing to Make Billions from New Deal with Iran's Islamic Regime

IRAN: FIRST STEPS TAKEN IN MODERATING HARD LINE ISLAMIC REGIME

Eng/Farsi/Nat
In his first three months in power, Iran's new President, Muhammad Khatami, has taken the first tentative steps towards moderating Iran's hard-line Islamic regime.
But the new mood of political openness has led to a violent backlash by hardliners who saw their power base eroded by the Presidential elections.
In the last few weeks, the clashes have culminated in angry demonstrations and a violent attack on a student leader.
A-P-T-V has exclusive pictures of the student leader's office in Tehran, just hours after it was ransacked by a fundamentalist gang allied to hardliners.
Familiar images and familiar slogans in Iran.
But this time the call for death is being directed not towards the United States -- but closer to home.
Three months after the inauguration of its new ...

published: 23 Jul 2015

Being Jewish in the Islamic Republic of Iran

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is a thriving Jewish community. It has its synagogues, schools, a hospital, associations and even a member of parliament. Mostly accepted, Iran's 10 000 Jews are protected by the Iranian regime, a concrete example of tolerance in the country. Some of them are so patriotic they say they would defend Iran if they were attacked by Israel.
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The Islamic regime in Iran is result of crime against humanity, Bread and Roses

The Islamic regime in Iran is result of crime against humanity
Bread and Roses TV with Maryam Namazie and Fariborz Pooya on the June 20, 1981 anniversary of the slaughter of political prisoners.
16 June 2015Interview with rights activist Yasaman Bayani.
Background: From 20 June 1981 the Islamic regime of Iran attacked and executed hundreds of people a day; they closed down newspapers and crushed the opposition. This was the point of the Islamic Republic's establishment not 1979 Iranian revolution... Many do not remember it but it is an important moment in the formation of the Islamic Republic. We must remind today's generation that the Islamic Republic is the result of a massive crime against humanity during the 1980s. This must be remembered, recorded, stated, exposed and not forgotten,...

This week in 1979 the world ’s first Islamic Revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. The intertwining of religion and state has been tough for some Iranians, but they are increasingly using culture as a means to protest against the regime.
Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.trib.al/rWl91R7
This week in 1979, the first Islamic revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. it began with the demand for democracy but ended with the world's first Islamic Republic.
Through 1987 and 1979, the Iranian people took to the streets in mass protests against the country's growing inequality and what they saw as the tyrannical regime of the Shah.
The protestors found a figurehead in an Islamic religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini who was in exile in Paris. Promising free and fair elections if the Shah was overthrown. He rallied religious leaders in the country to support the mass protest from the pulpit.
In January 1979, the Shah fled the country. Within two months, a new Islamic Republic of Iran had been declared with Ayatollah Khomeini as its supreme leader. he ruled with an iron fist.
At the time, the Economist reported: "Arbitrary arrests and telephone tapping are back and so is torture, though not as skillfully done as under Savak, the Shah's security service".
37 years on, life in Iran remains highly oppressive. The regime's boundaries have relaxed over time. There are now pop concerts in Tehran but tight restrictions remain in place. Shahin Najafi is an Iranian musician who uses his music to speak out against the regime. He is in police protection in Germany. After writing one song which included lyrics about a Shia cleric, Shahin was sentenced to death by a senior ayatollah from the regime. He has a $100,000 bounty on his head.
Breaking religious taboos through cultural expression has been on rise in recent years as the children of the revolution become restless with the regime. But they must tread carefully as speaking out against the country's leaders can have severe consequences.
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This week in 1979 the world ’s first Islamic Revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. The intertwining of religion and state has been tough for some Iranians, but they are increasingly using culture as a means to protest against the regime.
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This week in 1979, the first Islamic revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. it began with the demand for democracy but ended with the world's first Islamic Republic.
Through 1987 and 1979, the Iranian people took to the streets in mass protests against the country's growing inequality and what they saw as the tyrannical regime of the Shah.
The protestors found a figurehead in an Islamic religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini who was in exile in Paris. Promising free and fair elections if the Shah was overthrown. He rallied religious leaders in the country to support the mass protest from the pulpit.
In January 1979, the Shah fled the country. Within two months, a new Islamic Republic of Iran had been declared with Ayatollah Khomeini as its supreme leader. he ruled with an iron fist.
At the time, the Economist reported: "Arbitrary arrests and telephone tapping are back and so is torture, though not as skillfully done as under Savak, the Shah's security service".
37 years on, life in Iran remains highly oppressive. The regime's boundaries have relaxed over time. There are now pop concerts in Tehran but tight restrictions remain in place. Shahin Najafi is an Iranian musician who uses his music to speak out against the regime. He is in police protection in Germany. After writing one song which included lyrics about a Shia cleric, Shahin was sentenced to death by a senior ayatollah from the regime. He has a $100,000 bounty on his head.
Breaking religious taboos through cultural expression has been on rise in recent years as the children of the revolution become restless with the regime. But they must tread carefully as speaking out against the country's leaders can have severe consequences.
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Iran: 30 years of Islamic Republic

Thirty years ago a rapid and dramatic upheaval transformed Iran from a monarchy to a religious state. Three decades later, those who took part in the Iranian re...

Thirty years ago a rapid and dramatic upheaval transformed Iran from a monarchy to a religious state. Three decades later, those who took part in the Iranian revolution still believe it was the right thing to do.

Thirty years ago a rapid and dramatic upheaval transformed Iran from a monarchy to a religious state. Three decades later, those who took part in the Iranian revolution still believe it was the right thing to do.

Thirty years after the founding of the Islamic republic, the ideals that inspired the uprising continue to inform every day life in modern Iran.
So how has the revolution managed to sustain itself through war, international isolation, economic sanctions, and regional turbulence?
And how has Iranian society changed since the seismic upheaval of 1979?
Rageh Omaar went to Iran to find out.
This film was first broadcast in August 2009.
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Thirty years after the founding of the Islamic republic, the ideals that inspired the uprising continue to inform every day life in modern Iran.
So how has the revolution managed to sustain itself through war, international isolation, economic sanctions, and regional turbulence?
And how has Iranian society changed since the seismic upheaval of 1979?
Rageh Omaar went to Iran to find out.
This film was first broadcast in August 2009.
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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FORCES CONTINUE TO ENFORCE STRICT ISLAMIC REGIME

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Taliban tanks and heavy artillery have pounded a northern valley Saturday where Afghanistan government soldiers fled after they were driven fr...

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Taliban tanks and heavy artillery have pounded a northern valley Saturday where Afghanistan government soldiers fled after they were driven from the capital one week ago.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters clambered up the mountains of Panjshir carrying Kalashnikov rifles.
In Kabul the rebels are continuing to impose their strict new Islamic regime, a week after taking power in the Afghan capital.
Men are being forced to go to mosques daily to pray, while women have been banned from the workplace and made to cover themselves from head to toe.
Taliban fighters brandishing Kalashnikov rifles continue to haul men off the streets of Kabul and force them into mosques to pray.
Inside, fiery sermons warn of harsh penalties for ignoring the strict Islamic rule.
One senior Taliban leader brushed aside Western criticism of the new regime, vowing to capture all of Afghanistan and rule with an iron hand.
On Saturday, rebel tanks and heavy artillery pounded the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan where government soldiers took refuge after being driven from the capital Kabul a week ago.
The Taliban, a movement that sprang from religious schools in Pakistan, already controls more than two-thirds of Afghanistan.
Thousands of Kabul residents, mainly officials of the former regime or their families, have fled the city.
On Thursday, Amnesty International warned that the Taliban are "implementing a reign of terror."
Women are forced to cover themselves from head to foot and seldom venture outside.
Men must grow beards and attend the mosque daily or be punished.
Although ousted PresidentBurhanuddin Rabbani's government was religiously fundamentalist, the Taliban are even more so.
The new Islamic rulers have banned women from the workplace, closed girls' schools, and plan to revamp the education system, which they say is too closely linked to Communism.
The Red Cross is negotiating with the Taliban to let women go back to work.
But at the moment the new rulers are busy making their presence felt in the Afghan capital.
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NaturalSound
Taliban tanks and heavy artillery have pounded a northern valley Saturday where Afghanistan government soldiers fled after they were driven from the capital one week ago.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters clambered up the mountains of Panjshir carrying Kalashnikov rifles.
In Kabul the rebels are continuing to impose their strict new Islamic regime, a week after taking power in the Afghan capital.
Men are being forced to go to mosques daily to pray, while women have been banned from the workplace and made to cover themselves from head to toe.
Taliban fighters brandishing Kalashnikov rifles continue to haul men off the streets of Kabul and force them into mosques to pray.
Inside, fiery sermons warn of harsh penalties for ignoring the strict Islamic rule.
One senior Taliban leader brushed aside Western criticism of the new regime, vowing to capture all of Afghanistan and rule with an iron hand.
On Saturday, rebel tanks and heavy artillery pounded the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan where government soldiers took refuge after being driven from the capital Kabul a week ago.
The Taliban, a movement that sprang from religious schools in Pakistan, already controls more than two-thirds of Afghanistan.
Thousands of Kabul residents, mainly officials of the former regime or their families, have fled the city.
On Thursday, Amnesty International warned that the Taliban are "implementing a reign of terror."
Women are forced to cover themselves from head to foot and seldom venture outside.
Men must grow beards and attend the mosque daily or be punished.
Although ousted PresidentBurhanuddin Rabbani's government was religiously fundamentalist, the Taliban are even more so.
The new Islamic rulers have banned women from the workplace, closed girls' schools, and plan to revamp the education system, which they say is too closely linked to Communism.
The Red Cross is negotiating with the Taliban to let women go back to work.
But at the moment the new rulers are busy making their presence felt in the Afghan capital.
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Eng/Farsi/Nat
In his first three months in power, Iran's new President, Muhammad Khatami, has taken the first tentative steps towards moderating Iran's hard-line Islamic regime.
But the new mood of political openness has led to a violent backlash by hardliners who saw their power base eroded by the Presidential elections.
In the last few weeks, the clashes have culminated in angry demonstrations and a violent attack on a student leader.
A-P-T-V has exclusive pictures of the student leader's office in Tehran, just hours after it was ransacked by a fundamentalist gang allied to hardliners.
Familiar images and familiar slogans in Iran.
But this time the call for death is being directed not towards the United States -- but closer to home.
Three months after the inauguration of its new President, a relative moderate in Iran, the country is being driven by a debate that goes right to the heart of its Islamic Revolution.
At issue is the status of the country's supreme leader -- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The first rhetorical shots were fired on the campus of Tehran university last month when a high-profile student leader, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, argued the country's constitution called for the supreme leader to act within the law.
His comment led to angry demonstrations in the Holy city of Qom.
Thousands more took to the streets when Khamenei's authority was further challenged by a senior cleric, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
Several weeks after Tabazardi's remarks, the offices of his banned newspaper were ransacked by a gang of Islamic fundamentalists wielding cable wires.
These V-H-S pictures -- obtained exclusively by A-P-T-V -- show his office just hours after the attack.
Tabazardi says he was hit over the head with an iron knuckle-duster.
UPSOUND: (Farsi)
"They started to hit me and then they got the safe. When they tore the place down, I said to myself 'Oh my God, if we have given so much effort for the Revolution and for the war to end for results like this then damnation be upon us'."
SUPERCAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Tabazardi blames AnsarHezbollah for the attack, a fundamentalist group he claims is allied to hardliners within the government.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"They feel they are being protected by the centres of power. The majority are illiterate or have little education. They are under educated and have no head for political discussion. Their methods are those of beating and destruction."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
He was unwilling, however, to name names.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"Right now, I don't think it's appropriate to explain more."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Political dissidents within Iran claim groups, like Ansar Hezbollah, act as henchmen for the country's hardliners.
And that their tactics have become more violent since their power base was eroded by Khatami's landslide victory.
Khatami -- who won almost 70 percent of the votes -- came to power on a platform that stressed the rule of law within Iran -- over all its institutions.
So far, however, he has managed to stay out of the fray.
But Khatami has a hard balancing act ahead of him.
The ideological clash has gathered momentum partly because of the new mood of openness he is slowly ushering in.
It is a balancing act that Ibrahim Yazdi, one of the most high-profile figures of the Revolution but now part of the unofficial opposition, hopes he can maintain.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Ibrahim Yazdi, head of the Freedom Movement of Iran
He also has an ally in the country's youth.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
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Eng/Farsi/Nat
In his first three months in power, Iran's new President, Muhammad Khatami, has taken the first tentative steps towards moderating Iran's hard-line Islamic regime.
But the new mood of political openness has led to a violent backlash by hardliners who saw their power base eroded by the Presidential elections.
In the last few weeks, the clashes have culminated in angry demonstrations and a violent attack on a student leader.
A-P-T-V has exclusive pictures of the student leader's office in Tehran, just hours after it was ransacked by a fundamentalist gang allied to hardliners.
Familiar images and familiar slogans in Iran.
But this time the call for death is being directed not towards the United States -- but closer to home.
Three months after the inauguration of its new President, a relative moderate in Iran, the country is being driven by a debate that goes right to the heart of its Islamic Revolution.
At issue is the status of the country's supreme leader -- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The first rhetorical shots were fired on the campus of Tehran university last month when a high-profile student leader, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, argued the country's constitution called for the supreme leader to act within the law.
His comment led to angry demonstrations in the Holy city of Qom.
Thousands more took to the streets when Khamenei's authority was further challenged by a senior cleric, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
Several weeks after Tabazardi's remarks, the offices of his banned newspaper were ransacked by a gang of Islamic fundamentalists wielding cable wires.
These V-H-S pictures -- obtained exclusively by A-P-T-V -- show his office just hours after the attack.
Tabazardi says he was hit over the head with an iron knuckle-duster.
UPSOUND: (Farsi)
"They started to hit me and then they got the safe. When they tore the place down, I said to myself 'Oh my God, if we have given so much effort for the Revolution and for the war to end for results like this then damnation be upon us'."
SUPERCAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Tabazardi blames AnsarHezbollah for the attack, a fundamentalist group he claims is allied to hardliners within the government.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"They feel they are being protected by the centres of power. The majority are illiterate or have little education. They are under educated and have no head for political discussion. Their methods are those of beating and destruction."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
He was unwilling, however, to name names.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"Right now, I don't think it's appropriate to explain more."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Political dissidents within Iran claim groups, like Ansar Hezbollah, act as henchmen for the country's hardliners.
And that their tactics have become more violent since their power base was eroded by Khatami's landslide victory.
Khatami -- who won almost 70 percent of the votes -- came to power on a platform that stressed the rule of law within Iran -- over all its institutions.
So far, however, he has managed to stay out of the fray.
But Khatami has a hard balancing act ahead of him.
The ideological clash has gathered momentum partly because of the new mood of openness he is slowly ushering in.
It is a balancing act that Ibrahim Yazdi, one of the most high-profile figures of the Revolution but now part of the unofficial opposition, hopes he can maintain.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Ibrahim Yazdi, head of the Freedom Movement of Iran
He also has an ally in the country's youth.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
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In the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is a thriving Jewish community. It has its synagogues, schools, a hospital, associations and even a member of parliament. Mostly accepted, Iran's 10 000 Jews are protected by the Iranian regime, a concrete example of tolerance in the country. Some of them are so patriotic they say they would defend Iran if they were attacked by Israel.
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In the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is a thriving Jewish community. It has its synagogues, schools, a hospital, associations and even a member of parliament. Mostly accepted, Iran's 10 000 Jews are protected by the Iranian regime, a concrete example of tolerance in the country. Some of them are so patriotic they say they would defend Iran if they were attacked by Israel.
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The Islamic regime in Iran is result of crime against humanity
Bread and Roses TV with Maryam Namazie and Fariborz Pooya on the June 20, 1981 anniversary of the slaughter of political prisoners.
16 June 2015Interview with rights activist Yasaman Bayani.
Background: From 20 June 1981 the Islamic regime of Iran attacked and executed hundreds of people a day; they closed down newspapers and crushed the opposition. This was the point of the Islamic Republic's establishment not 1979 Iranian revolution... Many do not remember it but it is an important moment in the formation of the Islamic Republic. We must remind today's generation that the Islamic Republic is the result of a massive crime against humanity during the 1980s. This must be remembered, recorded, stated, exposed and not forgotten, especially since many of those who organised the murders and killings still run the country.
We show the trailer of a film called "The ones who said No" by Nima SarvestaniShocking news of the week is the curfew for women in Aceh Province, Indonesia after 11pm.
Insane fatwa of the week is against going to Mars.
Good new of the week is: Syrian women pulling off their burqas to show they are free from ISISQuestion of the week: From Mehdi asking us to respect people's beliefs
Director: Reza Moradi
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The Islamic regime in Iran is result of crime against humanity
Bread and Roses TV with Maryam Namazie and Fariborz Pooya on the June 20, 1981 anniversary of the slaughter of political prisoners.
16 June 2015Interview with rights activist Yasaman Bayani.
Background: From 20 June 1981 the Islamic regime of Iran attacked and executed hundreds of people a day; they closed down newspapers and crushed the opposition. This was the point of the Islamic Republic's establishment not 1979 Iranian revolution... Many do not remember it but it is an important moment in the formation of the Islamic Republic. We must remind today's generation that the Islamic Republic is the result of a massive crime against humanity during the 1980s. This must be remembered, recorded, stated, exposed and not forgotten, especially since many of those who organised the murders and killings still run the country.
We show the trailer of a film called "The ones who said No" by Nima SarvestaniShocking news of the week is the curfew for women in Aceh Province, Indonesia after 11pm.
Insane fatwa of the week is against going to Mars.
Good new of the week is: Syrian women pulling off their burqas to show they are free from ISISQuestion of the week: From Mehdi asking us to respect people's beliefs
Director: Reza Moradi
SUPPORT BREAD AND ROSES WITH AS LITTLE AS $1 A WEEK:
به برنامه نان و گل سرخ کمک مالى هفتگى کنيد براى فقط ىک دلار در هفته
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How Iranians use music to protest against the regime | The Economist

This week in 1979 the world ’s first Islamic Revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. The intertwining of religion and state has been tough for some Iranians, but they are increasingly using culture as a means to protest against the regime.
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This week in 1979, the first Islamic revolution toppled the ruling dynasty of Shah Reza Pahlavi in Iran. it began with the demand for democracy but ended with the world's first Islamic Republic.
Through 1987 and 1979, the Iranian people took to the streets in mass protests against the country's growing inequality and what they saw as the tyrannical regime of the Shah.
The protestors found a figurehead in an Islamic religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini who was in exile in Paris. Promising free and fair elections if the Shah was overthrown. He rallied religious leaders in the country to support the mass protest from the pulpit.
In January 1979, the Shah fled the country. Within two months, a new Islamic Republic of Iran had been declared with Ayatollah Khomeini as its supreme leader. he ruled with an iron fist.
At the time, the Economist reported: "Arbitrary arrests and telephone tapping are back and so is torture, though not as skillfully done as under Savak, the Shah's security service".
37 years on, life in Iran remains highly oppressive. The regime's boundaries have relaxed over time. There are now pop concerts in Tehran but tight restrictions remain in place. Shahin Najafi is an Iranian musician who uses his music to speak out against the regime. He is in police protection in Germany. After writing one song which included lyrics about a Shia cleric, Shahin was sentenced to death by a senior ayatollah from the regime. He has a $100,000 bounty on his head.
Breaking religious taboos through cultural expression has been on rise in recent years as the children of the revolution become restless with the regime. But they must tread carefully as speaking out against the country's leaders can have severe consequences.
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Iran: 30 years of Islamic Republic

Thirty years ago a rapid and dramatic upheaval transformed Iran from a monarchy to a religious state. Three decades later, those who took part in the Iranian revolution still believe it was the right thing to do.

Iran 1979: Legacy of a Revolution | Featured Documentary

Thirty years after the founding of the Islamic republic, the ideals that inspired the uprising continue to inform every day life in modern Iran.
So how has the revolution managed to sustain itself through war, international isolation, economic sanctions, and regional turbulence?
And how has Iranian society changed since the seismic upheaval of 1979?
Rageh Omaar went to Iran to find out.
This film was first broadcast in August 2009.
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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FORCES CONTINUE TO ENFORCE STRICT ISLAMIC REGIME

NaturalSound
Taliban tanks and heavy artillery have pounded a northern valley Saturday where Afghanistan government soldiers fled after they were driven from the capital one week ago.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters clambered up the mountains of Panjshir carrying Kalashnikov rifles.
In Kabul the rebels are continuing to impose their strict new Islamic regime, a week after taking power in the Afghan capital.
Men are being forced to go to mosques daily to pray, while women have been banned from the workplace and made to cover themselves from head to toe.
Taliban fighters brandishing Kalashnikov rifles continue to haul men off the streets of Kabul and force them into mosques to pray.
Inside, fiery sermons warn of harsh penalties for ignoring the strict Islamic rule.
One senior Taliban leader brushed aside Western criticism of the new regime, vowing to capture all of Afghanistan and rule with an iron hand.
On Saturday, rebel tanks and heavy artillery pounded the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan where government soldiers took refuge after being driven from the capital Kabul a week ago.
The Taliban, a movement that sprang from religious schools in Pakistan, already controls more than two-thirds of Afghanistan.
Thousands of Kabul residents, mainly officials of the former regime or their families, have fled the city.
On Thursday, Amnesty International warned that the Taliban are "implementing a reign of terror."
Women are forced to cover themselves from head to foot and seldom venture outside.
Men must grow beards and attend the mosque daily or be punished.
Although ousted PresidentBurhanuddin Rabbani's government was religiously fundamentalist, the Taliban are even more so.
The new Islamic rulers have banned women from the workplace, closed girls' schools, and plan to revamp the education system, which they say is too closely linked to Communism.
The Red Cross is negotiating with the Taliban to let women go back to work.
But at the moment the new rulers are busy making their presence felt in the Afghan capital.
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IRAN: FIRST STEPS TAKEN IN MODERATING HARD LINE ISLAMIC REGIME

Eng/Farsi/Nat
In his first three months in power, Iran's new President, Muhammad Khatami, has taken the first tentative steps towards moderating Iran's hard-line Islamic regime.
But the new mood of political openness has led to a violent backlash by hardliners who saw their power base eroded by the Presidential elections.
In the last few weeks, the clashes have culminated in angry demonstrations and a violent attack on a student leader.
A-P-T-V has exclusive pictures of the student leader's office in Tehran, just hours after it was ransacked by a fundamentalist gang allied to hardliners.
Familiar images and familiar slogans in Iran.
But this time the call for death is being directed not towards the United States -- but closer to home.
Three months after the inauguration of its new President, a relative moderate in Iran, the country is being driven by a debate that goes right to the heart of its Islamic Revolution.
At issue is the status of the country's supreme leader -- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The first rhetorical shots were fired on the campus of Tehran university last month when a high-profile student leader, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, argued the country's constitution called for the supreme leader to act within the law.
His comment led to angry demonstrations in the Holy city of Qom.
Thousands more took to the streets when Khamenei's authority was further challenged by a senior cleric, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
Several weeks after Tabazardi's remarks, the offices of his banned newspaper were ransacked by a gang of Islamic fundamentalists wielding cable wires.
These V-H-S pictures -- obtained exclusively by A-P-T-V -- show his office just hours after the attack.
Tabazardi says he was hit over the head with an iron knuckle-duster.
UPSOUND: (Farsi)
"They started to hit me and then they got the safe. When they tore the place down, I said to myself 'Oh my God, if we have given so much effort for the Revolution and for the war to end for results like this then damnation be upon us'."
SUPERCAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Tabazardi blames AnsarHezbollah for the attack, a fundamentalist group he claims is allied to hardliners within the government.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"They feel they are being protected by the centres of power. The majority are illiterate or have little education. They are under educated and have no head for political discussion. Their methods are those of beating and destruction."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
He was unwilling, however, to name names.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
"Right now, I don't think it's appropriate to explain more."
SUPER CAPTION: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor of main student newspaper in Iran, Message of the Student
Political dissidents within Iran claim groups, like Ansar Hezbollah, act as henchmen for the country's hardliners.
And that their tactics have become more violent since their power base was eroded by Khatami's landslide victory.
Khatami -- who won almost 70 percent of the votes -- came to power on a platform that stressed the rule of law within Iran -- over all its institutions.
So far, however, he has managed to stay out of the fray.
But Khatami has a hard balancing act ahead of him.
The ideological clash has gathered momentum partly because of the new mood of openness he is slowly ushering in.
It is a balancing act that Ibrahim Yazdi, one of the most high-profile figures of the Revolution but now part of the unofficial opposition, hopes he can maintain.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Ibrahim Yazdi, head of the Freedom Movement of Iran
He also has an ally in the country's youth.
SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)
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Being Jewish in the Islamic Republic of Iran

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is a thriving Jewish community. It has its synagogues, schools, a hospital, associations and even a member of parliament. Mostly accepted, Iran's 10 000 Jews are protected by the Iranian regime, a concrete example of tolerance in the country. Some of them are so patriotic they say they would defend Iran if they were attacked by Israel.
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Bread and Roses

"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated from a speech given by Rose Schneiderman; a line in that speech ("The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too.") inspired the title of the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim. The poem was first published in The American Magazine in December 1911, with the attribution line "'Bread for all, and Roses, too'—a slogan of the women in the West." The poem has been translated into other languages and has been set to music by at least three composers.

The slogan pairing bread and roses, appealing for both fair wages and dignified conditions, found resonance as transcending "the sometimes tedious struggles for marginal economic advances" in the "light of labor struggles as based on striving for dignity and respect", as Robert J. S. Ross wrote in 2013.

Today in History. Today is Thursday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2018. There are 53 days left in the year ... On Nov ... Franklin D ... Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime "with a final test." ... Indonesia executed three Islamic militants for helping to plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists....

Today is Thursday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2018. There are 53 days left in the year. On Nov ...Franklin D ... Air Force Lt ... Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime “with a final test.” ... Indonesia executed three Islamic militants for helping to plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists ... .......

Today in History. Today is Thursday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2018. There are 53 days left in the year ... On Nov ... Franklin D ... Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime "with a final test." ... Indonesia executed three Islamic militants for helping to plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists....

Today is Thursday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2018. There are 53 days left in the year. On Nov ...Franklin D ... Air Force Lt ... Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime “with a final test.” ... Indonesia executed three Islamic militants for helping to plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists ... .......

Today in History. Today is Thursday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2018. There are 53 days left in the year ... On Nov ... Franklin D ... Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime "with a final test." ... Indonesia executed three Islamic militants for helping to plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists....

JNS.org – The US sanctions imposed on Iran on Monday are ‎an additional, vital step in the West’s long ‎struggle to curb the ayatollah regime’s nuclear, ‎territorial, and religious aspirations ... In both cases, Iran’s leaders felt the noose ‎was tightening around their necks and sought to ‎ensure the regime’s survival....

A number of cryptocurrency exchanges have reportedly cut ties with Iran after the U.S. imposed tougher economic sanctions against the IslamicRepublic... Also Read ... On Nov. 5, the U.S ... He said then. ... “It should be noted that if a company evades our sanctions regime and secretly continues sanctionable commerce in the Islamic Republic, the U.S ... ....

The Iranianregime has adopted a clearly-defined political strategy through which it aims to spread its ideology and strengthen its influence beyond Iran’s geographic borders ... This widespread infrastructure helped Iran build a media empire that successfully disseminates the regime’s messages while criticizing its adversaries....

... to escape Israeli airstrikes.�In addition to building military infrastructure in Daraa province, other IRGC-affiliated organizations are helping�spread the regime’s radical ideology�across Syria to enhance the IslamicRepublic’s soft power presence in the country....

In response to the fresh embargo, Iran's PresidentHassan Rouhani said the Islamic republic "will proudly bypass sanctions" ... Meanwhile, some analysts worried that the latest round of sanctions could cause unrest within the Islamic republic's society ... the goal of regime change....

the Americans want to put pressure on the Iranian people, to orchestrate a "color revolution" in the country and topple the "anti-Zionist" regime. However, the Iranians are a consolidated nation, and they have never succumbed to external pressure in 40 years of history of the IslamicRepublic of Iran... ....

Yet, what we now call extremist Islamic ideology (Wahhabism) and the terrorism inspired by it comes from its overt funding and sponsorship via Saudi oil wealth ... the Saudi regime retains its royal legitimacy by supporting this particular brand of Islam, while this particular brand of Islam is allowed free reign throughout the kingdom and abroad....